Cartridge-shell-gaging machine.



No. 806,461. PATENTED 1150.5, 1905.

P. BUTLER. v CARTRIDGE SHELL GAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I'ILl -D APR. 26. 1897.

No.806,461 PATENTED DBG.5,1905. I

* I P.BUTLBR. I

CARTRIDGE SHELL GAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26. 1897.

2 SHEETS-SHBET 2.

UNITED,- s TEs FATENT OFFICE. l PAUL BUTLER, on LOWE L, MASSACHUSETTS.'7FCARTRIDGYE-SHELL-GAGING MACHINE. I

No. 8oe,461,-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Dec. 5, 1905] A pli tion fil d April 26,1897. Serial No.633.901.

To aZZ whom, it may cancer-m Be it known that I, PAUL BUTLER, of Lowell,

county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented anImprovement in Cartridge- Shell-Gaging Machines, of which the followingdescription, in connection-with the accompanying drawings, isaspecification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

standard, which may be otherwise classed or subjected to furtheroperation or discarded.

gun should be of standard size or'have only a very small deviation fromthe given stand-' ard. In the manufacture of shells, therefore, I

it has been common to gage the same by presenting them one at a time byhand to a gage having a passage of just the right'size to per. mit ashell of proper dimension of the part to be gagedto pass through. Thegaging operation thus performed involves considerable labor anddependsto some extent upon the judgment of the operator; and the objectof the present "invention is to produce an automatic machine by whichthe shells are taken from a mass and presented one by one to-gagingdevices and assorted, so that those of standard size are collectedtogether and separated from those not standard, and preferably those ofless than standard and'those of flange provided at the base ofv theshell for engagement with the extractor of the gun, said gaging devices,however, not necessarily depending for their operation upon a whollyautomatic feed mechanism for the shells.

The invention is shown as embodied in a machine having a travelingcarrier provided with the gages composed of pairs of gagepassages towhich the flanged end of the shell is presented and a yielding presserto press the shell toward the'gage-passages in the traveling movement ofthe carrier, said passages having gaging-surfaces opposite each otherthe distance between which is not uniform throughout. The non-uniformityof, distance between said gaging-surfaces is such that a part of thepassage will admit a shell having a flange of standard thickness, butwill exclude a shell having athicker flange, while another 6 part willexclude a standard shell, but will. permit one with a flange thinnerthan the standard to pass through u'nderthe action of the yieldingpresser. Thus standard shells are carried intothe gage-passages to apredetermined point and thicker ones are stopped before entering thesaid gage-passages or at another point with reference to the length ofthe gage-passages, and the machine also com prises clearers, onearranged to engage and eject shells thicker than standard at a givenpoint in the travel of thecarrierand the other It is necessary that thatportion of a car-- tridge-shell which enters the chamber of the toengage shells of standard thickness and eject them at another point, inthe travel of the carrier. Thus the three sizesstandard, larger, andsmaller-are delivered at, three different points and may be collected bythemselves. u

If it is necessary or desirable to separate out only the shells ofexcessive thickness, the gage-passage may be made to permit all othersto pass through it at once under the action I v t of the yieldingpresser, the thicker ones only being, stopped. in and subsequentlycleared from the gage-passage.

or analogous articles are to be operated upon and. must be uniformlyarranged in order to be properly presented to the instrumentalities Iwhich are to perform the operations.

Figures 1 and 2am side elevations of the machine, taken, respectively,on planes at right angles to each other. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of amachine embodying the present invention with the feed-hopper and aportion of the feed mechanism removed; Fig. 4:, ase'ctional view belowthe gage-carr er, showing the yielding presser and clearing devices 1nplan; Fig. 5, a vertical section of the gage-carrier; Fig. 6, anunderneath plan view of the gagecarrier; Fig. 7, an enlarged sectionalview of one of the gages, showing the formaio of t g g -pa age; F g-Sta.det l; inehereinafter used with reference to such arrangement of thecarrier. The said gage-carrier is provided near its periphery with a number of gage-passages to cooperate with the shells which are depositedin the spaces Z) at the entrance of the gage-passages with the closed orflanged end uppermost,the said pairs of gage-passages being formed oneat each side of an open passage-way for the body of the shell. Theshells are delivered one at a time by a suitable feeding apparatus, thatwill be hereinafter described,- to said spaces 6, from which thegage-passages extend, the lower gaging-surfaces b of which extend beyondthe entrance to the gage-passage proper toward the periphery of thecarrier to form a track or supporting-guide for the shell, which isdropped with its open end downward between the said gaging-surfaces 6 sothat it is supported by its flange resting upon the upper edges of saidsurfaces 6 in position to be slid along the same into the gage-passagesproper, said surfaces Z2 constituting the lower gage-surfaces, betweenwhich and the upper gage-surfaces the flange is gaged. The shells thusdrop one at a time in front of the entrance to the gage-passages as thelatter arrive at the feeding-point in the rotary movement of thegage-carrier and are then carried forward by the gage-carrier, so as tobe acted upon by a yielding presser, shown as composed of a number ofyielding fingers c c c 0, which press against the body of the shell inthe direction to crowd the same laterally toward the gage-passagesbetween which it is supported by its flange. The shell thus has itsflanged end either carried wholly through the gage-passages by thepressure of said yielding presser 01' arrested at one or another pointin said gage-passage according to the thicknnss of the flange, and

in the further movement of the gage-carrier the shells which remain inthe gage-passages are subjected to the action of clearing devices d and6, one arranged to cooperate with shells that have been stopped at onepoint and the other with shells that have been stopped at another pointin said gage-passages, the said clearing devices forcing the shellsrespectively engaged thereby back out from the gage-passages andejecting the same at different points around'the periphery of thegagecarrier.

In the machine herein shown the shells that are to be gaged are receivedwith the flanged end uppermost and with the body hanging below thegage-plate, so that the presser and clearers are below the plane of thegage-plate and act upon the bodies of the shells as they are carriedpast by the gage-plate in its rotary movement and deliver or eject theshells at different points, according to the thickness of their flanges.

As herein shown, the gage passages are formed in gage portions adaptedto be secured to the under surface of the carrier-disk, said gageportions each consisting of a plate in which are formed the uppersurfaces 7), 7), and b of the gage-passages, and a pair of bars attachedthereto, in which the lower gage surfaces or tracks are formed. The barsin which the lower gage -surfaces are formed may be secured to theplates which are shaped to constitute the upper gage-surfaces, while thegage portions complete are shown as secured to the carrier-disk, thefastening devices being shown as screws. The distance between the upperand lower gage-surfaces is not uniform throughout their length, but isof such width near the entrance as to exclude shells thicker thannormal, as indicated in Fig. 7 at 6 and then preferably extends ofuniform and somewhat greater width, as shown at I), for a'distance aboutequal to the diameter of the shell and is then sufliciently contracted,as'shown at b, to prevent the passage of a standard shell, the distancesbetween the upper and lower surfaces in the different parts being suchthat a standard shell will pass through the first contracted portion 5near the entrance into the portion 1) of uniform width, which will becalled the main portion, and will be arrested or stopped by the secondcontracted portion 6'', while shells slightly thinner will pass throughsaid second contracted portion and out from the inner end of the gagepassages, and shells slightly thicker than standard will be arrested inthe first but less contracted portion 1) before entering the mainportion. The said main portion 6 is shown as somewhat wider than thecontracted portions Z2 and b, so as to permit a shell which has passedthe first passage to travel freely toward the second.

After the yielding presser has acted upon a shell as it moves past it soas to force it if thinner than standard through the gage-passage anddeliver it or to force one of standard thickness or one thicker thanstandard to the points at which they are respectively stopped by thegaging-surfaces the said gagepassage next moves past the clearing deviced, the end of which is so located as to be at the rear of or nearer theaxis of the disk than is a thick shell when stopped in the entrance tothe gage-passage, but in front of or nearer the'periphery of the diskthan is a shell of 7 standard thickness which has passed through :ness,however, pass by inside of the endof the clearer d and are thus carriedbeyond the chute Band in ,thefurther movement of the gage-carrierencounter'the clearer e, the end -.of which is nearer the axis of thegage-plate than the end of the clearer d and is .thus at .the inside ofsuch shells of'standard thickness'as are brought to. said clearer e, andsaid clearer e is also inclined outward from its-end and acts as a ownto crowd 'back shells of standard-thickness and eject them into the The'assortin'g operation will bebe stiunderthe gage-carrier. They are thencarried by .the'gage-carrier. p'ast' the presser, which will T forceTshells thinner than the standard wholly through and out of the innerend of the gage- .passage', dropping them into the chute C. A shellthicker than the standard, on theother hand, will be arrested near'theentrance of thegageapassage inithe po'sitionshown'at S and will thenp'ushaside the yieldingpress'erfingers and. be carried on until itengages withthe outer'surface of theclearerd, which i crowdsitbackthrough thelentrance of.-the v gage-passage and drops' it into'thechute D.

, :A shell of standard thickness willpass through the first contractedportion into the main por- .tion of thegage-passage, but willbe'arrested by the second contracted portion in the positionshown at S,Fig. 7, when it will passby the fingers of the presser and will alsopass "byat'the inside of the clearer d, but will be finally engaged bythe clearer e, which will crowd it back through the gage-passage and jvdeliverit into the chute E, said shells being thus assorted in thereceptacles placed'to re- -ceive them from the chutes C,"D, and'E, the

flatter receiving shells of standard thickness,

intermediate one shells thicker than standard.

In order to render the machine completely automatic, it embodies in itsorganization] the former shells thinner than standard,andthe feedmechanism for taking the shells from a promiscuous mass and presentingthem prope'rly'tothe gaging appliances above described,

the invention,'how'ever, so far asfit relates'to .thelfeed mechanism,not being limited to: the

specific construction of the gagingmechan ism. Asherein. shown, the feedmechanism comprisesachute )5, leading from a hopper f, supported on anupright A of the frame A, which is adaptedto contain a mass of shells tobe gaged and terminates at a point above the carrier and near theperiphery thereof, so that the inlets b to the gage-passages will duringthe rotation of the carrier successively come under the mouth of saidchute, so that a shell passing down'through the same will 'drop untilarrested by its flange upon the' tracksybfl, leading to thegage-passages.

The chute f is cylindrical in shape, its inher diameter beingsubstantially equal to that of the outer diameter of a shell, so thatshells passing'do'wn through saidchutewill travel endwise therein, thecolumnof shells thus being supported upon the upper surface of thecarrier, the main portion'of which is, as shown in Fig. 1, extended outbeyond the'mouth of the gage-passages, there being, however, an openingprovided in front of each gage pas.- sage and overthe extended bars 6forming the inlet '6, before mentioned, to the gage-passage; As each ofsaid openings passes the chute'the lowermost shell in the column willdrop-into it and onto the tracks 5 The shell thus dropped into saidopening will be en.- gaged by the si'de'sthereof and carried forward,the next shell of the column being supperted by the surface of.thegage-carrier at until the next opening arrives at a position to:receive it." It isessential, however, that the shell should rest uponthe shoulders b with itsflang'edend uppermost in order that it may beoperated upon by'the gaging devices in the proper way, as beforedescribed, during the forward movement of the carrier. Since the shellin passing down the chute may travel with either end up, it is necessaryto provide means for inverting a shell which is presented to the carrierwith its flanged end down. A shell thus presented will be, supported byits flange on the tracks 6 with the body projectingab'ovethe'carrier-plate, and said body is engaged during the onward movementof the carrier by a tipping-camfl, which may be secured to the upright-A the inclination ofv which cam is toward the periphery of the carrier,so that a shell thusengaged will betippedoutward, as indicated in'Fig.1, it being prevented, however, from falling completely away fromthecarrier by means of a guide f, which engages the outer side of the. bodyof the shell,'th e upper surface thereof inclining downward, as shown inFig. 1, so thatthe'body of the shell rides downthe same and near the endthereof ise'ngaged on .it's then upperside by a supplemental guide,shown as 'a wire f, to. insure its complete inversion and also topreventit from falling out from the end of itsv recess in thegage-carrier as itdrops off from the end of the guard A guard f extendsnear to the periphery of the carrier, so that any shell that may happento project out beyond theperiphery of, the car'- rier will be engagedthereby at its flange and carried inward into proper position to beacted upon by the presser. Said guard is supported on the upright A andis at suflicient distance from the carrier, as shown in plan, Figs. 3and 4, not to prevent the shells from being turned over by the devicesabove described. As the carrier moves onward, therefore, the shell willbe tipped outward until finally the outer end or mouth of the bodyportion will fall from the guard the shell thus becoming inverted andresting with its flange upon the tracks 5 at the entrance to thegage-passage with its body extending downward into a position to beengaged by the yielding presser. If, on the other hand, a shell ispresented in the proper position-that is, with the muzzle downit'becomes necessary to prevent it from at once falling between the tracks6 into its linal position, since it is necessary for the said shell tosupport the column of shells above it until the opening into which ithas fallen has passed beyond the mouth of the chute, so that the saidcolumn of shells will be supported upon the said gage-carrier until thenext opening is presented. For this purpose the machine is provided witha shelf or support f", also supported from the standard A and extendingunder the gage-carrier directly below the mouth of the'chute, so thatthe shell, if presented muzzle down, will be supported upon this shelfuntil carried beyond the same by the movement of the gagecarrier, afterwhich it will drop to the proper position for further operation.

The support f is narrow in the direction .of travel of the carrier, sothat ashell originally presented flanged end up drops into place beforethe tipping-cam f is reached.

The openings in the gage-carrier are enlarged, as shown, at the mouthand provided with inclined walls at the side which is forward withrelation to the direction of movement of the carrier, this formationbeing desirable in order to insure the entrance of the shell to theopening. The rear wall is preferably made substantially perpendicular inorder that the shell which drops into the opening may not tip in thatdirection and clog. The machine is preferably provided with means foragitating the shells in the hopper, the upper portion of the chute fbeing shown as having a supplemental tube f telescoped thereon andlongitudinally movable with relation thereto, the said supplemental tubeextending into the hopper and having a reciprocating motion impartedthereto by a rod f connected to the driven pulley B, through which themachine is operated, as will be hereinafter described, a projection falso being extended upward into the hopper, so that the shells thereinare engaged and agitated by the said supplemental chute and the saidprojection and are continually thrown toward the.

mouth of the said chute and fed downward therethrough.

It is obvious that the invention so far as it relates to theinstrumentalities which produce the gaging operation is not dependent onthe specific means employed to feed the shells, since the said shellsmay be presented to the gage-passages during the rotation of the carrierotherwise than by means of the automatic devices above described. Forexample, as shown in Fig. 9, the shells may be fed toward the peripheryof the carrierthrough a chute or guideway f terminating at a pointadjacent to said periphery, the said guideway being adapted to supportthe shells flanged end upward and being inclined toward the carrier sothat the lowermost shell will slide by gravity toward the passage whenthe said passage comes in line with the end of the chute. The shells maybe supplied to the chute f by hand with great rapidity.

The yielding presser may obviously be of any suitable construction toengage the shells during the forward movement of the gagecarrier andmight, for example, consist of a single spring-arm extending from apoint near the periphery of the gage-carrier toward the mouth of thegage-passage, so as to come in contact with the outer sides of shellswhich have been fed to the carrier and press them inward toward saidgage-passage or yield if they will not readily enter therein, in orderto accomplish the desired result as above set forth. The said yieldingpresser as shown herein, however, consists of a series of springs 0, 0 cand 0*, which are successively engaged by the shells as they are carriedaround, this construction being desirable when the gagecarrier isprovided with a number of gagepassages, since it is obvious that if asingle spring were used with such a construction a shell excluded by thethickness of its flange from the said gage-passage would cause the saidspring to yield, thus holding it away from the shells following inadjacent recesses, so that they would not be properly operated upon bythe said yielding presser; In connection with said yielding presser aguide a for the shell operated upon by theyiclding presser is shown,said guide being adapted to operate as a support for that side of saidshell which is opposite to the side engaged by the said yieldingpresser, so that the said shell is maintained in vertical position andprevented from being tipped or canted by the action of the presser,which would tend to cause binding in the gage-passage, and hencepreclude the proper operation of the machine.

The traveling gage-carrier may be mounted and caused to travel or rotatein any suitable way and, as shown herein, is secured to the end of theshaft A mounted in bearings in the frame A, the said shaft being drivenby a bevel-gear A, Fig. 1, meshing with a similar gear B at the end of ashaft B having a Suitable bearing and being provided,

with the pulleyB, which may be driven in any suitable way, as by a belt.

As shown herein, the carrier. is readily removable from the end of theshaft A being provided with a nutA threaded on the end of said shaft, bywhich the said carrier is secured in position thereon. In this manner agage-carrier having gage-passages adapted for shells of different sizescan be readily substituted, so that the same machinecan be easily usedwhen shells of diflerent gages are to be operated upon. The carrier ispreferably frictionally engaged by the shaft, so that if obstructed inany way it will stop turning, and thus'prevent damage. For this purposethe washer A is provided, between which and the nut A the carrier issecured, theshaft being thus capable of turning while the "carrierisstationary without damage.

- The chutes G, D, and E- may be secured to the frame of the machine inany suitable way, as by screws, it being essential only that they besecured in such relation to the yielding press er and clearing devicesas to receive the shells assorted thereby and guide them to thereceptaclesfinto which theyare to be finally discharged. 7 A As hereinshown, the springs 0, 0 c and ofl'which form the yielding presser, aresecured to, an arm 0 by means. ofstuds 07, the said arm being secured tothe frame A, as 'by cap-screws 0 in the proper position to cause thesaid springs to bear against the body of.

the shells as they extend down below the gagecarrier, so as to push thesame, toward the gage-passage as is desired. The cl earing-cams d and eare mounted, respectively, on brack:

ets d and ea s'ecured upon the outside of the frame A, in which: theshaft A bears, the said brackets also being underneath the gage-car:

rier, so that the clearingdevices mounted thereonwill also engage thebody of the shell asjit extends downward. These and other details ofconstruction, however, are obviously.

thicker ones being discharged into the chute D, as above described. Insuch case the clearer e and chute E are not required.

The operation ofthe device as thus far described may be brieflysummarized as follows: During the movement of the gage-carrier a shellfalls from the mouth of the chute intoone of the. openings 6 as itpasses under sition determined by the thickness of its flange. Theyielding'presser terminates directly over i the chute C, so that allshells having a flange of less than the standard thickness will bepressed completely through the gage passages and discharged therefrom atthe inner end over the chute C, and thus collected apart fromthe'others. The shells which are of standard thickness will be pressedinward by the yielding presser until they reach the position in dicatedat S in Fig. 7, after which the presser will yield and each standardshell will be ear ried onward, passing by the inner end of the clearerd, and finally being engaged by the clearere and carried therebytoward'the pe-' riphery' of' the carrier until it drops over the chute CE, which thus collects all standard shells. The shells whichjhave aflange of more than the standard thickness will be stopped; in thegage-passage in the position shown at 8 in Fig. 7 and will remain insuch position, the presser yielding to permit them to" pass, and duringthe onward movement of the carrier they will be engaged by the outersurface of the clearer d and discharged into the chute'D, which thuscollects all shells of more than standard thickness of flange.

Thus each shell is presented to a gage-passage and operated upon duringthe movement of thecarrier and dischargedat apredetermined positionaccording to the thickness of its flange. k p v I'claim g 1. Agaging-machine for cartridge-shells or analogous articles, consisting ofa traveling gage-carrier adapted to receive said articles,

and provided with gage-passages the distance between the gaging-surfacesof which is not uniform throughout; and a yielding presser adaptedtopress said articles in a direction to enter said passages andtherebyjcontribute in the gaging operation, substantially as described.i

2. A gaging-machine for cartridge-shells or analogous articles,consisting of -a traveling gage-carrier adapted to receive saidarticles, and provided with gage-passages the distance between thegaging-surfaces of which isnot uniform-throughout, combined with ayield;- ing presser adapted to press said articles to: ward saidpassages and thereby contribute in the gaging operation, and a cleareradapted to engage and eject shells remaining in said passages during theonward movement of said gage-carrier, substantially as described.

' ,3. A 'gaging machineforcartridge-shellsor analogousjarticles,conslstlng of a traveling gage-carrier adapted to receive said articles,and provided with gage-passages the distance between the gaging-surfacesof which is not uniform throughout, combined with a yielding presseradapted to press said articles in a direction to enter said passages andthereby contribute in the gaging operation, and means for automaticallyfeeding said articles to said carrier, substantially as described. 1

4. A gaging-machinefor cartridge-shells or analogous articles,consisting of a traveling gage-carrier adapted to receive said articles,and provided with gage-passages-the distance between the gaging-surfacesof which is not uniform throughout, combined with a yielding presseradapted to press said articles in a direction to enter said passages,and a guide for the side of said article opposite said presser,substantially as described.

5. A gaging-machine for cartridge-shells or analogous articles,consisting of a traveling gage-carrier adapted to receive said articles,and a number of passages thereon the distance between thegaging-surfaces of said pas-- sages being non-uniform throughout,combined with a yielding presser consisting of a series of springsadapted to be successively engaged by the articles in the carrier duringthe movement thereof, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In a gaging-machine for cartridge-shells, the combination with atraveling gage-carrier provided with gage-passages the distance betweenthe gaging-surfaces of which is not uniform throughout, and a supportfor the shell at the mouth of each passage, of a feed-chute adjacent tosaid supports and adapted to deliver shells thereto, and a yieldingpresser in the path of said shells adapted to engage the same during theonward movement of the carrier and contribute in the gaging operation,substantially as described.

7. In a gaging-machine, the combination with a gage-carrier, ofgage-passages carried thereby, each having a portion in which thedistance between the gaging-surfaces is substantially equal to thestandard thickness of the article to be gaged, and a portion in whichsaid distanceis less than said thickness, a yielding presser adapted topress the article to be gaged toward said passages, and clearing deviceswhich eject such of said articles as are not pressed through thegage-passages, substantially as described.

'8. The combination with the rotating gagecarrier, provided withgage-passages each having a portion adapted to receive a shell with aflange of standard thickness but to exclude a shell with a flange ofgreater than standard thickness, and a more contracted portion at therear end of each passage to prevent further movement of such standardshell when it has reached a predetermined position, a yielding presseradapted to press shells toward said passage, a clearer com prising a camextending from a point in front of said pre determined position of theshells in the gagepassage to eject the non-standard shells which areexcluded from said portion of the gagepassages, and a second clearercomprising a similar cam extending from a point at the rear of a shellin said predetermined position to eject standard shells, substantiallyas described.

9. In a machine for operating upon eartridge-shells, the combinationwith a traveling carrier provided with recesses along the edge thereof,said recesses being open laterally; of shoulders at opposite sides ofsaid recesses, the distance between said shoulders being greater thanthe diameter of the cartridge shell body and less than the diameter ofthe cartridge-shell flange; a feed-chute located above said carrier andadapted to deliver shells endwise into said recesses; and a tipping-camlocated above the carrier and adapted to engage the inner side of ashell standing flange end down and projecting above the carrier, wherebythe said shell is tipped over and inverted, the body passing through thelaterally-open mouth of the recess, while the flange remains supportedupon the said shoulders, as set forth.

10. In a gaging machine for cartridgeshells, the combination with agage-carrier consisting of a rotating disk, of a number of pairs ofgage-passages extending inward from the periphery thereof, an opening insaid carrier adjacent to each pair of passages, supporting-tracks belowthe said opening for the flanges of the shells, a feed -chute for theshells extending to the said carrier and terminating over the path ofsaid openings in the rotation of the carrier, and a yielding presseradapted to engage the body of a shell during the forward rotation of thecarrier, substantially as described.

11. In a gaging-machine for cartridgeshells, the combination with agage-carrier consisting of a rotating disk, of a number of pairs ofgage-passages extending inward from the periphery thereof, an opening insaid carrier adjacent to each pair of passages, supporting-tracks belowthe said openings for the flanges of the shells, a feed-chute for theshells extending to the said carrier and terminating over the path ofsaid openings in the rotation of the carrier, a yielding presser adaptedto engage the body of the shell during the forward rotation of thecarrier, and a guiding-spring for the side of the body opposite the saidpresser,substantially as described.

12. In a gaging-machine for cartridgeshells, the combination with atraveling gagecarrier having gage-passages on the under side thereof, ofan inlet-track for each gage-passage, a feed-chute extending to the saidcarrier and terminating in line with the said iiilettraeks, saidfeed-chute being adapted to carry a column of shells endwise, a tipping-IIC cam at one side of the plane of said carrier adapted to engage thebody of the shell during the movement of the carrier, and tip the samefrom its vertical position; and a yielding presser on the opposite sideof the plane of said carrier adapted to engage the body of, the shell topress the same toward the said gagepassage, substantially as described.

' 13. In a. machine for operating on cartridgeshells, the combinationwith atraveling carrier provided with openings along the peripherythereof, and also provided with supports for the flanges of the shellsbelow said openings, of a feed-chute adapted to carry a columnof shellsendwise and extending to and terminating over said openlngs, and atipplng-cam above the carrier to act on those of the shells which arestanding on their flange ends and project above said carrier, as theyare moved past said cam by the carrier, substantially as described.

14:. In a machine for operating on cartridge:

support for the opposite side thereof, substa'ntially as described; 7

15. In a machine for operating on cartridgeshells, the combination witha traveling carrier provided With openings along the periphery thereofand supports for the flanges of the shells below the said openings; ofthe feed-chute f terminating over the said carrier in line with the pathof travel of said openings, the tipping-cam the guide-support f and thesupplemental guide-support f substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

16. In a machine for operating on cartridge-- shells, thecombinationwith a traveling carrier provided with openings along the perlpherythereof and supports for the flanges of the shells below the saidopenings; ofthef feed-chute f terminating over the said carrier in linewith the path of travel of.the said openings, the tipping-cam f meansfor guiding the shells thus tipped, and the guard f9, substantially asand for the purpose described. In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.r PAUL BUTLER. Witnesses:

H. J. LIvn MoRE, NANCY P. FORD.

